Alumni from all generations converged upon campus to celebrate class reunions, to hear from President Grace Wang during her first State of the Institute Address to the alumni community, and to participate in events and activities that reconnected them to each other and the university.
During the weekend, members of the undergraduate class of 1973 participated in the traditional Fifty-Year Associates Induction, a time-honored tradition that celebrates the milestone of reaching 50 years since graduating from WPI. The class of 1973 brought home the Reunion Attendance Cup, bringing 18.3% of their living classmates back to campus.
We also welcomed our newest alumni, the class of 2023, into the Alumni Association, and presented the class with their reunion banner.
We celebrated the tradition of reunion giving, which is reminiscent of WPI’s founding tradition—philanthropy. We thank the members of our undergraduate classes ending in 3 and 8 who generously contributed to their classes’ fundraising efforts in honor of their reunions. As of Alumni Weekend, reunion celebrants had raised $7,870,335.98 to support WPI. The class with the highest level of participation was the class of 1953, with 36.7% of their living class members contributing to their class’s reunion fundraising. The class with the highest giving total was the class of 1973, with $2,157,090.83 dollars raised.
